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meditation

[med-i-tay-shuhn] / ˌmɛd ɪˈteɪ ʃən /


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After a meditation in an attic, she sat down to an elaborate candlelit dinner and shared stories of her grief with strangers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

In the dock Brand's statue-like demeanour was broken only occasionally, when, during some of the evidence, he closed his eyes for several seconds, perhaps in silent prayer or meditation.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Recent work by Zeidan and his colleagues has explored two potential approaches: mindfulness meditation and the psychedelic compound psilocybin.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

Inside the weekly Buddhist meditation session at Hollywood Forever Cemetery that’s using mortality to teach Angelenos how to live.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

He wanted to forget about the vision, and return to his meditation.

From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho

There were other features in the app that I didn’t fully utilize, like journal prompts, mood trackers, meditations, and more.

From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026

Both “WandaVision” and “Agatha” were meditations on grief, trauma and motherhood, by way of sitcoms and magical escape rooms, respectively.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

His digital chorus, which includes personas for guided meditations and narrating fantasy tales, earns him about $3,000 a month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

“Fantasy” resulted from his meditations within the pyramids of Giza and his claimed communications with aliens.

From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026

Then something else drew her from her meditations about her son and her problems, both of which were really the same thing.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole


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